JP2009125384A - Token tray of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tray configured to increase the maximum number of storage tokens without enlarging the token tray. <P>SOLUTION: This token tray 2 formed into a box shape is formed with hole rows at its bottom plate 32 by laterally opening a plurality of token receiving holes 33 with a laterally long slit shape, along a front wall 36 at a required interval apart. A plurality of hole rows are disposed in parallel to each other from the front wall 36 toward a rear wall 31, the bottom plate 32 is disposed with multiple receiving holes 33 regularly, and the edges of tokens C1, C2, and C3 turned lengthwise are inserted into the receiving holes, held in a raised state and form a wall to enable the stacking of the tokens C1, C2, and C3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a coin tray of a gaming machine that plays with a coin such as a slot machine as a medium.

  When coins used in a slot machine or the like are released as prizes when a game is established, they are received in a coin tray placed below the front of the slot machine. As the name suggests, this coin tray is generally formed in a mere dish shape, receives coins paid out from a coin payout device equipped inside the slot machine, and stores the coins. While continuing the game, a coin is taken out from the tray and a predetermined number of coins are inserted into the slot to enjoy the game.

  In this way, in order to continue the game, the coin tray not only receives coins as prizes, but it is a place to store and wait for coins to be inserted in the next game, In general, even if a coin is full in a saucer, the player often enjoys the game without moving it to a coin box and preventing it from overflowing from the saucer.

  In this way, even if the coin is filled in the tray, the coin is not taken out and transferred to the coin box (so-called dollar box). There are reasons such as the troublesomeness that must be returned from the game, and the fact that the coins in the saucer have accumulated, so that the player can concentrate on the game with confidence from the touch of the hand. There is a tendency to say that even if a coin is released and filled in a coin tray, it will not be taken out and transferred to a coin box.

However, when coins fill the tray, coins may slip and overflow from the tray, and may be scattered around.
In this regard, the easiest solution is to increase the size of the tray itself and increase the volume, but the space where the coin tray is originally installed is simply a limited space on the front of the gaming machine. It is difficult to increase the size.
Therefore, as a solution to this problem, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-228867 has proposed a conventional tray that has a drawer shape to increase the coin storage capacity.
JP2003-275387A.

The invention described in Patent Document 1 is such that the volume of the plate can be expanded by pulling the medal (coin) tray 11 forward from the lower decorative plate 6 of the slot machine 1. The back is kept out of the way.
However, this drawer-type coin tray can be expanded to the original size by pushing back the tray. However, there is no guarantee that the player will always return the tray that was pulled out after use. There is a danger that it will be left as it sticks out, that is, it will interfere with the player who passes between the machines, and an unknown player may collide with it and get injured.

  In view of such circumstances, the present invention provides a coin tray that can store more coins in a conventional size that fits in the installation space without increasing the size of the coin tray. It is something to be offered.

  Conventionally, as a method of increasing the capacity of the coin tray for some players and storing more coins, the released coins are placed on the front wall of the tray, and a plurality of coins are placed in a standing state. Side by side, thereby creating a wall, pressing this wall with a large number of coins stored in a flat state inside the dish, substantially increasing the capacity of the coin tray and allowing a large amount of coins to be loaded There was a person who played games.

  This method of creating a wall by expanding the coin and expanding the capacity of the saucer is unstable because it is simply done by arranging coins and combining them. There is a problem of sprinkling, and nobody can build a wall with coins, so it is not a sufficient solution.

  In the present invention, the coins that are released or inserted into the coin tray and stacked in a flat state, that is, the coins stored in a state where the coins lie down and overlap each other, stand up in the coin tray. It is intended to provide a coin tray that allows a stable wall to be created by supporting it in such a way that more coins can be stored beyond the capacity of the tray. is there.

  As described above, the conventional coin tray is ejected or stacked and accommodated in a state in which the inserted coins are tilted. In the present invention, the bottom of the coin tray and the edge of the coin are placed on the bottom plate. The receiving holes of the slit-shaped coins to be received are arranged in a plurality of rows aligned in the left-right direction to form a hole row, and this hole row is formed in a plurality of rows in parallel in the front and rear to each coin receiving hole The edge of the coin that has been released is inserted and supported in a rising state, and a wall is created by the continuation of the raised coins. By raising and stacking one after another, the tray is configured so that coins can be stored beyond the edge of the tray.

  More specifically, in the present invention, the bottom plate of the coin tray formed in a box shape is provided side by side with a plurality of coin receiving holes having a horizontally long slit shape along the front wall at a predetermined interval. A plurality of hole rows are arranged in parallel from the front wall to the rear wall, and a large number of receiving holes are regularly arranged in the bottom plate, and the hole rows are vertically oriented. It is an object of the present invention to provide a coin receiving tray for a gaming machine characterized in that the coin can be held in an upright state by inserting an edge of the coin.

  Further, in the present invention, the coin receiving hole is a through hole having a horizontally-long rectangular shape in which the width in the front and rear is a width for receiving the thickness of the coin and the width in the left and right is a width not exceeding the diameter of the coin. The object is to provide a coin tray for a gaming machine.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a coin receiving tray for a gaming machine, wherein the receiving holes for the coins adjacent to the right and left are provided with a gap slightly larger than the diameter of the coin between the holes. .

  Further, the present invention is to provide a coin receiving tray for a gaming machine, wherein the coin receiving hole is formed in a tapered surface inclined inward with the left and right edges facing downward. .

  In the gaming machine according to the present invention, the hole rows of the coin receiving holes formed adjacent to each other in the front-rear direction are arranged such that the centers of the receiving holes of the respective coins are shifted from each other in the left-right direction. To provide a coin tray.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a coin tray for a gaming machine, wherein the hole rows adjacent to each other in the front-rear direction are arranged in close contact with each other without providing a gap.

  The coin receiving tray of the gaming machine according to the present invention will open a number of coin receiving holes in the bottom plate of the receiving tray, but in normal use from the coin payout device of the gaming machine as in the conventional receiving tray. The paid-out coins are accepted through the discharge port, and the released coins are stacked and stored while lying down.

  Under these circumstances, when a player tries to store more than the capacity of the coin tray, the edges of the coins are placed in the coin receiving holes arranged side by side. The front wall of the saucer is constructed by inserting the raised coins one after another, creating a wall, and inserting the released coins into the rear row to create a new wall in the rear. A large number of coin walls are created from the side toward the rear wall.

In this way, the coins to be ejected or inserted into the coin tray are inserted into the coin receiving holes and started up, and a plurality of coin walls are formed in the front-rear direction. Insert the edge of the next coin using the space between the front and back walls made by the raised coins, support it in an upright state, and place it side by side to create a two-tiered wall. It is also made in parallel on the side and formed in two upper and lower layers.
In the case of further stacking, the third layer coin wall is formed on the second layer in the same manner, and the fourth layer wall is further stacked to stack multiple coins one after another. As a result, the coin can be loaded beyond the edge of the coin tray, and a large number of coins are stored.

  It is possible to store more coins by forming the coin receiving holes in the bottom plate of the coin receiving tray. However, in the present invention, the coin receiving holes are further aligned by being inserted into the coin receiving holes. It is possible to store more coins more efficiently than in the case where coins are laid sideways and stored in a flat state, and the coins are stacked in a standing state on the launched coins. Can be stored in a raised state on a coin tray. In addition, in this case, the coins stacked on the upper side are held with the edges inserted between the lower coin rows, so that they are stable and can be stored in a raised state without collapsing.

As described above, according to the present invention, since coins can be accommodated in an aligned state, it can be stored beyond the capacity of the coin tray, and temporarily exceeds the edge of the coin tray. Even when stacked, the coins are stacked in a state where the upper and lower coins are sandwiched and connected, so that they can be stably stored without collapsing.
Of course, the coin tray of the present invention can be freely stacked, for example, a coin is erected using only a plurality of hole rows along the front wall of the tray to create a wall and raised inside the front wall. A front wall made of coins may be made and coins released inside the wall may be stored in a stacked state, and the storage method can be freely selected.

  In addition, the coin tray of the present invention does not change the outer shape of the tray itself, so it does not change the installation space on the front of the gaming machine, and therefore does not protrude forward and interfere with the player. .

  In addition, the coin tray of the present invention only forms a coin receiving hole in the bottom plate of the tray body, and the others are the same as the conventional coin tray, so the coin can be raised and a wall can be made to increase the capacity In the same manner as in the past, the coins can be stored in a stacked state and can be freely selected by the player.

Next, the present invention will be described based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a slot machine equipped with a coin tray according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the slot machine, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a coin tray according to the present invention, and FIG. It is a decomposition | disassembly expansion vertical cross-section right view of the principal part made into the cross section along 3 AA line.
In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a slot machine which is a typical gaming machine using coins as a game medium, and reference numeral 2 denotes a coin tray according to the present invention attached to the lower front portion of the slot machine 1.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the slot machine 1 is configured by an apparatus main body frame 3 and a door frame 4 covering the front surface. Inside the main body frame 3, three rotary drums 5 are arranged side by side. The continuous drum display device 6 is accommodated, and the power supply box 7, the speaker 8, the coin payout device 9, and the coin box 10 for receiving coins to be inserted are accommodated in the lower stage.

  In FIG. 2, the coin payout device 9 is shown in a state of being taken out from the main body frame 3, but the coin payout device 9 is attached by inserting the bottom portion into rail-like fasteners 12, 12 attached to the upper surface of the bottom plate 11 of the main body frame 3. The coin box 10 can be stored by being pushed into a space between the coin payout device 9 and the side plate 13 of the main body frame.

  On the other hand, the door frame 4 is provided with a pivot shaft (not shown) at the upper left and right edges, and the pivot shaft is assembled to the upper and lower bearing portions 14, 14 provided at the left edge of the opening of the main body frame 3. The pivot shaft is used as a fulcrum, and is closed as shown in FIG. 1 to cover the inside of the main body frame 3 when used.

  The door frame 4 is provided with a lamp cover 15 for decorative display at the upper front portion, a display frame 16 is mounted on the upper half of the front surface, a display window 17 facing the rotating drum 5 at the center, and the display window. Lamp window groups 18 and 19 for displaying game setting combinations and the like are provided on the left and right sides of 17. An operation stand 20 is provided at the center of the front surface so as to protrude forward, and a coin insertion number selection button 21, a start button 22, a stop button 23, a coin insertion slot 24, and the like are provided. The display decorative plate 25 is fitted below the base 20, and the coin tray 2 according to the present invention is provided below the display decorative plate 25.

  The coin tray 2 is attached to a mounting plate 26 integrally provided on the lower front portion of the door frame 4 via screws 27. Here, the coin receiving tray 2 is formed on the mounting plate 26 formed in alignment with the lateral width of the door frame 4. In addition, a horizontally long box shape is formed, and an ashtray 28 is integrally provided at the left end.

  The mounting plate 26 is made of plastic and is provided with a total of six receiving portions 29, three at the top and bottom at the portion to which the coin receiving tray 2 is attached, and a screw receiving protruding portion that protrudes from the back portion of the coin receiving tray 2. 30 is accepted.

The coin receiving tray 2 is formed of plastic as a raw material. The above-described screw receiving projection 30 is provided on the back plate 31 of the tray body formed in a horizontally long box shape with the upper part open, and a large number is provided on the bottom plate 32. The coin receiving hole 33 is opened.
The screw receiving projection 30 is adapted to the shape of the recess of the receiving portion 29, and after being fitted by being pushed in from the front side, the screw 27 inserted into the screw receiving hole 35 through the through hole 34 from behind the mounting plate 26 is inserted into the screw receiving hole 35. By being received, it is fixed to the mounting plate 26 so that the coin tray 2 can be mounted.

  The coin receiving hole 33 is sized to receive one coin C here. The coin C is received in an upright state by inserting the edge of the coin, and the coin C is prevented from penetrating from the bottom plate 32 in the acceptance. That is, here, the coin receiving hole 33 is formed as a horizontally-long rectangular through-hole having a length that does not exceed the diameter of the coin on the long side and a length on the short side that accepts the thickness of the coin.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a large number of receiving holes 33 are formed in alignment with the bottom plate 32 over the entire surface. Here, a plurality of coin receiving holes 33 whose lengths are aligned horizontally along the front wall 36 of the tray 2 are arranged at intervals 37 to form a hole row 38, and the hole row 38 is arranged on the front wall 36. It is opened over the entire surface of the bottom plate 32 by arranging in parallel from the side toward the rear wall 31 side.

  The interval 37 between the coin receiving holes 33 constituting the hole row 38 has a width for receiving the diameter of the coin C, and the front and rear hole rows 38 are arranged adjacent to each other with no gap therebetween. It is. Further, the hole rows 38 adjacent to each other in the front and back are arranged over the entire surface of the bottom plate 32 so that the coin receiving holes 33 and 33 are alternately arranged so that the coin receiving holes 33 and the gaps 37 are aligned in the front and rear. Is formed (see FIG. 3).

By arranging the coin receiving holes 33 in a staggered manner, the strength of the bottom plate 32 is prevented from being lowered. However, in actual use, when the coin C is inserted into the coin receiving hole 33 and stood up, When another coin is inserted between the two coins inserted into the hole 33 adjacent to, that is, on the interval 37, the inserted coin faces the front and rear in the front and rear hole rows 38. It will be sandwiched between two coins that are inserted into 33 and 33 and stand up.
As a result, even if the profit rises on the space 37, that is, on the upper surface of the bottom plate 32, it is supported in a standing state by a combination of coins supported in a standing state by the receiving holes of the left and right and front and rear coins. It becomes.

  FIG. 6 shows the rising state of the coins by inserting the coins C1 and C1 into the receiving holes 33 and 33 of the left and right coins constituting the hole row 38, respectively. In FIG. 7, another coin C2 is inserted between the two coins C1 and C1 that have been raised by being inserted into the receiving holes 33 of the left and right coins and placed on the space 37, while the coin C2 is placed in the back hole. This is an illustration of a state in which the coins are inserted into the coin receiving holes 33 in the row 38 and supported by the coins C3 standing upright, and held in the upright state.

  In FIG. 7, C4 and C4 are coins raised above the interval 37 of the hole row 38 where the receiving holes 33 into which the coins C3 are inserted are provided, and these coins C4 and C4 stand side by side. At the same time, it is supported by the coin C3 and is sandwiched from the front and back by the coins C1 and C1 standing on the front side, and the coin standing on the back side (not shown), and is supported in the rising state.

  FIG. 8 shows a state in which the coin C is held up by being inserted into the coin receiving holes 33, 33 of the hole rows 38, 38 arranged in the front-rear direction, and at the same time, between the coins C1, C3 raised in the front-rear direction. This explains that the coin C2 to be inserted into is held on the space 37 and is supported from the front and back and held up. In this way, based on the fact that each coin is inserted into the coin receiving hole 33 and held in a standing state, another coin is started up and stacked using the interval between the coins.

  FIG. 9 shows a state in which the coins C are piled up beyond the edge of the coin tray 2. At the same time, the coins stand between each other to fill the gap, and are stored and stored in the coin tray 2 with high density, and are further stacked beyond the edge of the tray.

  By the way, the coin receiving holes 33 are arranged side by side in the length direction with respect to the coin receiving tray 2 as described above to form a hole row 38, and each hole is formed in a size that prevents the coin C from falling. However, in order to make it easy to insert the edge of the coin C into the hole itself, the left and right edges 33a of the hole 33 are tapered as shown in FIGS.

For the coin receiving hole 33, the front and rear edges may be chamfered to facilitate insertion of the coin in order to facilitate the coin receiving.
In this embodiment, the size is such that one coin C is received in the one coin receiving hole 33, but the front and rear widths are enlarged to collect two or three coins. It may be plugged in.
Of course, at this time, the width of the front and rear is allowed to be enlarged up to the size that the coin C does not fall out, but in order to stabilize the fit with respect to the hole, the width in the left and right direction, that is, the width in the long side direction of the hole, It is recommended that the coin be inserted deeply close to the diameter.

  The coin tray 2 according to the present invention is configured as described above, and the coin C released from the coin payout port 39 opened on the mounting plate 26 is received and stored in the coin tray 2. Become. Then, when the player feels that, for example, the player will store more than the capacity of the coin tray, the coin stored in the bottom plate 32 is brought close to the end and the coin receiving hole 33 is opened. If it is exposed, the coin C is inserted vertically into this hole, placed in a standing state, and this operation is repeated one after another and arranged in a row, it can be stacked while making the wall of the coin, as described above It can be stored up to a raised state.

  Of course, starting up and stacking such coins depends on the player's free choice, and the stacking height can be determined by any player, but beyond the edge of the coin tray 2. At the same time, it is possible to store in a dense state because it can be stacked to fill the space between coins, and the capacity of the dish can be substantially and reliably expanded. it can.

  The coin C can be easily inserted into the coin receiving hole 33 with one hand and the operation of the fingertip. At the same time, the coins are automatically aligned by being inserted into the hole 33, so The coin to be inserted next is accepted while making an appropriate interval, and this is also accepted and held while being aligned, so that loading work can be performed without being particularly conscious, and it can be used conveniently. it can.

The perspective view explaining the use condition which shows the case where the coin tray of this invention is implemented in the slot machine. The exploded perspective view of a slot machine. Top view of coin tray. The decomposition | disassembly expansion longitudinal cross-sectional view made into the cross section along the AA of FIG. FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 3. The front view explaining the state which inserted and inserted the coin in the coin receiving hole opened in a bottom plate. The front view explaining the state by which another coin is supported in the standing-up state by the coin inserted in the coin receiving hole. The expanded longitudinal cross-sectional view made into the cross section in the position of the AA line of FIG. 3 explaining the state by which a coin is inserted in the coin receiving hole. FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view showing a cross-section taken along the line AA of FIG. 3, showing a state in which coins are stacked in a standing state.

Explanation of symbols

1 slot machine 2 coin receiving tray 31 rear wall of coin receiving tray 32 bottom of coin receiving tray 33 coin receiving hole 36 front wall of coin receiving tray 37 interval between coin receiving holes 38 side by side coin receiving holes A row of holes formed by C coins

Claims (6)

  On the bottom plate of the coin tray that is formed in a box shape, a plurality of coin receiving holes that are horizontally long slits along the front wall are opened side by side at a required interval to form a hole row, and this hole A plurality of rows are arranged in parallel from the front wall to the rear wall, and a large number of receiving holes are regularly arranged in the bottom plate, and vertical edges of coins are inserted into these receiving holes to stand up. A coin tray for a gaming machine, characterized in that the coin can be held in a state in which it is placed.   2. The coin receiving tray of the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the coin receiving hole has a horizontally long rectangular shape in which the front and rear widths are widths for receiving the thickness of the coins, and the left and right widths are not larger than the coin diameter. A coin tray for a gaming machine, characterized by being a through hole.   The coin receiving tray of the gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the receiving holes of the coins adjacent to the left and right are provided with a gap slightly larger than the diameter of the coin between the holes. A coin tray.   4. The coin tray of the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the coin receiving hole is formed in a tapered surface inclined inward with the left and right edges facing downward. A coin tray for gaming machines.   5. The coin tray of the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the hole rows of the coin receiving holes formed adjacent to each other in the front and rear are positioned in the left-right direction with respect to the centers of the respective coin receiving holes. A coin receiving tray for a gaming machine, characterized by being shifted in position.   6. A coin tray for a gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the hole rows adjacent to each other are arranged in close contact with each other without providing a gap. .